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Harper, whose moonshot exited at 113 mph and an
extremely steep 40-degree launch angle, also had two homers in
Wednesday's 11-1 victory.
"Besides winning the division and getting to the playoffs, that
was one of the coolest moments I've ever had in my life," an
exhilarated Harper said afterward.
The Phillies entered the ninth trailing 5-1 before exploding for
six runs to secure the three-game series sweep. After trotting
to first while watching his blast, Harper sprinted the rest of
the way in anticipation of the celebration.
"I was just so excited to get back with the boys at home plate,"
Harper said. "Everybody was going nuts. I was trying to get
there as quick as possible to celebrate."
Roman Quinn and Corey Dickerson had two hits each for the
Phillies.
Phillies starter Drew Smyly struggled through five innings,
allowing seven hits and five runs. Ranger Suarez (4-1) earned
the win in relief.
Anthony Rizzo homered, singled and knocked in two runs for the
Cubs. Kyle Schwarber also homered while Nicholas Castellanos
added two hits and also walked twice.
Cubs starter Yu Darvish was stellar through seven innings in
giving up four hits and no runs. Darvish struck out 10 and
walked none. Pedro Strop (2-5) took the loss in relief.
The Cubs struck first when Rizzo launched a mammoth solo homer
to right field in the third inning for a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the third, Philadelphia's Adam Haseley was
stranded at second base when Harper struck out swinging to end
the threat.
Chicago capitalized in the fourth when David Bote hit an RBI
double and Albert Almora Jr. added an RBI single for a 3-0
advantage. Rizzo then ripped a run-scoring single to right for a
4-0 lead.
Schwarber snapped an 0-for-10 skid with a solo homer to center
in the fifth for a 5-0 advantage. It was Schwarber's 100th
career home run.
The Phillies managed only four hits through the first six
innings -- doubles by J.T. Realmuto and Dickerson and singles by
Haseley and Logan Morrison.
Darvish's 10th strikeout of the game against Haseley ended the
seventh.
In the eighth, the Phillies had runners on second and third with
two outs, and Dickerson singled home Quinn to get within 5-1.
But on the play, Rhys Hoskins was thrown out at home by right
fielder Castellanos trying to score from second.
Brad Miller hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth to close
within 5-2. Quinn followed with an RBI single, and Hoskins was
hit by a pitch before Harper's walk-off slam.
--Field Level Media
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